Careers in Kinesiology How do I get there? Redefining

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Careers in Kinesiology

• How do I get there?

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• Redefining kinesiology expansion of career
  opportunity
• Movement pedagogy
• Scholarly teaching
• Professional discipline
• Organized teaching to human movement

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What does professional mean?

• Member or practitioner of a recognized profession
• i.e. teaching physical education
• 6 criteria
• Intellectual activity knowledge is effective
• Practical use application of concepts
• Research resulting in new knowledge and ideas
• Self organization professional
  publications/meetings
• Communication capacity - effective
• Altrusim
• Dedication to helping others

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Becoming a Professional.

• Involvement as a member is ongoing process
• Improve with experience minimal standards for
  admission to profession.
• Development
• School selection undergraduate or graduate
  level
• Personal professional library
  publications/journals/articles
• Preparation certifications, well balanced and
  well rounded
• Membership student membershipsprofessional
  affiliations
• Meetings active involvement, networking,
  collaborating
• Research and writing extending knowledge
  boundaries
• Teaching quality of teaching, research and
  writing
• Commitment most valuablecommitment to
  excellence

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Professional Preparation

• Training and understanding beyond traditional
  patterns
• Four areas
• Academic course requirement (general education)
• Exposure to breadth of knowledge
• Foundation sciences
• Biological sciences chemistry, biology and
  physics
• Professional Education
• Teaching, student teaching practicum's,
  experience
• Most valuable portion
• Physical Education
• Health education and physical education
• Recreation, dance, safety education,
  biomechanics, motor learning etc.

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Job Situation?

• Shift in job market with shift of 21st century
• 80s decline unstable employment in teaching
  profession
• Consolidation of schoolsover stacked
  professionnow more demand again
• P.E. growing market
• Increasing student population
• Retirement of baby boomers

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Traditional Careers

• Physical Education
• Health Education
• Recreation
• Coaching
• Safety Education
• Dance

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What makes a successful teacher?

• Favorable combination of style
• Personality and personal interest
• Must want to teach and must enjoy teaching
• Educational background
• Health and physical skills
• Coordination, flexibility, strength and speed
• Understanding of concepts being taught

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Teaching as a career-Both Sides

• Positive
• Respect in community
• Contribution to society
• Vital to survival of community
• Positive influence
• Job security
• Larger increases in salary
• Long vacations
• Personal satisfaction

• Negative
• Overcrowded field
• Competition for jobs
• Qualifications and experience increase
• Decrease in respect for teachers
• Lack of public support and dissatisfaction with
  work
• Teachers salaries strikes
• Heavy workloads
• Larger classrooms
• Specialized populations
• Class environment
• Paperwork

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The Future of Teaching Jobs

• Need for specialization
• Congruency in components
• What makes a successful teacher?
• What would be your personal philosophy as PE
  teacher?

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New Careers in Sport and Kin.

• Specialized areas
• Recreation or physical therapy
• Job market changing-
• Advancement in technology
• More concentrated programs

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Types of Careers

• Intercollegiate Athletics
• Athletic director, promotions director, director
  of athletic facility, sports information
  director, coach, business manager
• Specialized training in business and promotions
• Coaching clinics, camps, schools

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Types of Careers

• Professional Sport
• General manager
• Director of promotions
• Director of public relations
• Director of facilities
• Travel secretary
• Sports information director
• Coach
• Strength ad training/conditioning specialists
• consultant

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Types of Careers

• Sports Agents
• Individual or group
• Representative of athlete
• Negotiating, facilitating
• Endorsements, support and appearances

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Types of Careers

• Facility and Event Management
• Large sport complex oversee managerial
• Director, operations manager, box office manager,
  personnel manager, stage manager and concessions
  manager
• Operation of large multipurpose facilities
• Event planning

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Types of Careers

• Recreation Programs and Community Based Sport
• Community recreation programs
• Intramurals and college competitive sports
• Church recreation programs
• Facility recreation programs
• Parks and management

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Types of Careers

• Sports Information and Sports Journalism
• Information directors
• Print media sports journalists
• Broadcast
• Publishing
• Knowledge or sport and general curiosity
• Ability to present and organize thoughts well
• Background in journalisms and communications
• Allied health fields
• Textbooks and books on sport

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Types of Careers

• Sport Marketing and Sales
• Market researcher
• Marketing manager
• Promotions
• Special event marketer
• Corporate sponsorship
• Fundraising, sales and public relations
• Sporting goods

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Types of Careers

• Club Management and Fitness Industry
• Large growth with public interest in health and
  fitness
• Sports club management, personal trainer, fitness
  instructor, SC coach/trainer, exercise
  physiology, facility director, consultant
• Public or private operation
• entrepreneur

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Types of Careers

• Teaching Professionals
• Elite athlete specialized sport
• Golf pro, tennis pro
• Country club, private facility
• Self employment, contractual based
• Multi-range
• Seasonal

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Types of Careers

• Kinesiology Related Careers
• Health services and medical field
• Cardiac and physical rehabilitation
• Physical therapy
• Sports medicine
• Testing and research
• Medical centers
• Graduate studies
• Specialized kinesiologists
• Ergonomists

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Types of Careers

• Sports Medicine and Athletic Training
• Specialized and certified
• Care ad prevention or injury
• Intermediate step between the coach and physician
• National Athletic Trainers Association
  resourceful information

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Types of Careers

• Therapy and Specialized Training
• Physical therapy
• Corrective therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Dance therapy
• Cardiac rehabilitation
• Exercise specialist/exercise physiologist

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Types of Careers

• Health Education and Services
• School nurses and doctors
• Health specialists
• Local, state or national government positions
• Administrative and service providers
• Preventative medicine
• Health promotion

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Types of Careers

• Aquatics Management
• Sport and Leisure Services

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The Future of Sport careers

• Growing field
• Sports business and management- rapidly growing
  area
• Health promotion preventative
• Community education and awareness
• Public school education and awareness
• Schools beginning to adopt change to traditional
  programs

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Questions

• Briefly write down what you think will be the
  direction of the future of sport and PE.
• What are some of the threats and opportunitys to
  sport and PE in the future?